Investing.com – Sweden stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Healthcare, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 rose 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 2.43% or 11.50 points to trade at 485.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Swedish Match AB (ST:SWMA) added 2.41% or 6.6 points to end at 280.8 and SSAB AB ser. A (ST:SSABa) was up 1.75% or 0.52 points to 30.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lundin Petroleum AB (ST:LUPE), which fell 1.81% or 2.40 points to trade at 130.30 at the close. Skanska AB ser. B (ST:SKAb) declined 1.66% or 3.10 points to end at 184.20 and Tele2 AB (ST:TEL2b) was down 1.51% or 1.10 points to 71.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Stockholm Stock Exchange by 275 to 269 and 58 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.49% or 0.18 to $36.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.91% or 0.35 to hit $38.32 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.25% or 3.00 to trade at $1220.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was down 0.25% to 9.2534, while USD/SEK fell 0.18% to 8.1273.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 94.56.